Sunday, 13 December 2009

Vouchercodes.co.uk fantastic giveaway!

Vouchercodes.co.uk is a fantastic website.What is does is gather together all the discount codes and vouchers floating around the internet meaning that you need never miss out on an offer again!

Since discovering it, it’s become my “go to” site before I order anything online or visit any restaurants.It doesn’t just have internet codes, but also ones you can print off and use in restaurants and shops.When you think about it, it’s mad NOT to use it – particularly in the run up to Christmas.

One of the most popular current offers is £15 off Wine and Champagne orders over £50 at Tesco. You will be taken straight to it by clicking here. The expiry date of the offer is the same as the competition so just think – you could shortly be baking your dream giant cupcake and sipping bargain top brand champagne or wine! How decadently festive!

As if all this wasn’t reason enough to love Vouchercodes.co.uk the lovely people there have given me TWO cake tins to give away as prizes on my blog.Yes!Two lucky winners will each win one of these gorgeous Wilton giant cupcake tins (retailing for anything upwards of £25 each!)

All you need to do, to be in with a chance of winning, is to leave a comment to this post telling me your favourite cupcake flavour.Due to the weight of the tins (and hence the postage costs!) this competition is limited to entrants living in England, Scotland and Wales.

Closing date for entries is 10am Sunday 20th December when the two lucky winners will be selected by way of lucky dip -I’ll post the results later that day.

I don't think anything can beat a good vanilla cupcake. Especially since I can never make up my mind what flavour to make, this way I can make a batch and have a variety of fillings and toppings to suit my every mood!

Has to be lemon every time - the sharpness cuts through the sweetness of the buttercream and stops it being sickly (though I have to aadmit it was a close call with lemon poppyseed with a thin glace icing - made with lemon juice naturally!)

A giant cupcake sounds like it might become my new favourite but this year I have kept being drawn to Strawberry cup-cakes. Vanilla sponge marbled with pink sponge and the topping made from cream mixed with fresh strawberry puree plus bits of chopped strawberries.

Mmmm - I can imagine myself sat in a summer garden eating one right now!

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About Me

So, the answer to the question you’re all asking: who am I? Well, a superhero never reveals their identity. I think it’s stated somewhere in the contract when you sign up for superhero-dom. Let’s just call me THE CAKED CRUSADER. By day (and night if I’m being honest) a mild-mannered City professional, but at weekends I become THE CAKED CRUSADER. Tirelessly fighting anti-cake propaganda and cake-related injustices – for SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, ALWAYS NEEDS CAKE (we’ll just skip over the fact that it’s usually me).

Batman’s got the batmobile, batcave etc. Superman does just great what with being able to fly and being really strong. Spiderman’s got that web thing going on. But I have better than them. For I have a credit card and could get one of these:

The purpose of my blog is simple – to spread the word that CAKE IS GOOD.Yes, it is calorific; that is why it tastes so nice.Yes, too much of it is bad for you; that’s what ‘too much’ means.Yes, we’re all told to eat healthily and we know that we should. But ask yourself this – and look very deeply into your soul before answering – when has a cup of tea and a carrot ever cheered you up? However, put that carrot into a cake and happiness will ensue. Quod erat demonstrandum – CAKE IS GOOD.

This site will catalogue cakes I have unleashed unto the world and my thoughts thereon.

By the way, I will never recommend how many portions you should get out of a cake because we’re all different. Plus, it will be very embarrassing when I say it serves 4 and you get 20 portions out of it.

WARNING: Too much time spent on this blog may cause hunger.

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Cake Achievement in Film and Television Arts (CAFTA)

Have you seen a cake in a film or tv show that deserves recognition? Has a cupcake upstaged a beefcake?

If so, please let me know and that cake could win a coveted CAFTA award. Email me your suggestions, with a photo of the cake if possible.

About Me

I am a 40-something Chartered Accountant working in the square mile.
My main hobbies at the moment are baking, and setting the world record for the number of cake tins owned by one person.
I spend far too much time watching Spongebob Squarepants and would love to try a Krabby Patty...I know, I know - it's not real.